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[quote]No one with five children should own a Pekinese, a Maltese and a toy poodle[/quote] Help me with this Sanvean...the Pekignese and the Maltese I can understand, having been threatened (but never bitten) by both... but why the Toy Poodle? They tend to be yappy and if spoiled, obnoxious, but I have never heard they were dangerous around children.... ??????

I am PROUD of you DAL, and Cody!! what you are doing is proving to people that animals with "handicap's" can still make great pets, if the owner wants to put the effort into to it... GOOD FOR YOU!! and CONGRATS to Cody for being such a good pup!! :angel: :angel: :angel:

It's really a shame too,. because the blue merles are just BEAUTIFUL... I hope they find a way to keep the coat without the deafness problem....

thank you DAL - actually I would have thought blindness (maybe something akin to albinoism) in dogs that are white - a pigmentation problem of some sort - so maybe it is a recessive gene.... I didnt know ANY of this, so I'm sorry if I might have upset you by ignorance...I havent really followed the history of Aussies...thank you for the information. I really do learn something everyday here.... :)

They have been pressured to pass laws based on BSL, and have resisted!! Good for them!! Clarifying what a dangerous dog and a vicious dog are. A dog can be declared dangerous if it threatens someone without actually attacking a person. If there are three different reports of a dangerous dog, the dog is considered vicious. Any dog which actually attacks someone is considered vicious. If a pet owner fails to keep a vicious dog in an enclosure, it is a Class 4 felony under the new state law. Barring regulation by any political jurisdiction of specific breeds. Busch said this is standard and has been for years. He said the government cannot ban a specific breed, such as American pit bull terriers, because it is not considered the breed's fault if some of its kind are aggressive. "We've always put the onus on owners," he said. "It's individual animals and certain owners causing the problems, not all pit bulls, for instance." Busch said the new regulations will not force changes to the animal control facility the county is getting ready to build.

They probably feed the dogs Pro Plan now....and it's usually a good idea to keep the dog on the food it's accustomed to for a while after you get, then you can gradually change it over to what you want to feed it. It may just be a safeguard to make sure the puppies eat in a new environment. A new house, new people, strange sights, scents and sounds...at least the food is something they are familiar with. When I adopted Laurel, they gave me a bag of the food she ate, but it turned out she liked what i feed better, so the switchover took maybe two days....

a baby gate will work, providing it's secured fast enough that he cannot knock it over. She may not go there on her own until it's "time", but I have been pregnant and it's not comfortable in the last days. On top of being bloated and fat, she is irritable as well...it would be best to keep her in there, and if the male wants to hang out outside the gate, that's fine. At least neither will be injured in a scuffle. Do not be surprised if as her time draws closer, she drives him away from the gate as well...it's an instinctive thing, she cant help it....she just doesnt want him too close right now....

Most certainly a dominance thing....he doesnt know where his place is in the pack, and since no one is stopping him he's already trying to be at the top. My guess is, without knowing the facts, that eveyone is spoiling him rotten, and not stopping his behaviour because he's small and cute... (and he really is cute) however, he wont be small and cute forever, and they will end up with dominance issues as he gets older. He needs to be neutered ASAP, and if they dont intend to neuter him, then he needs to be demoted back to bottom of the pile. No more spoiling, make him stop as soon as he starts, and no exceptions....no sleeping on the couch, that sort of thing....Lhasa;s may not be huge, but they can still bite, and a biting dog is something you want to nip in the bud BEFORE it starts.....

K is correct. Canines (wolves and dogs) perceive the male as a threat as they get close to birthing. She needs a whelping box, filled with old blankets or straw, and a room to herself. Behind a closed door, where the male cannot enter. She could very well damage the male if she perceives him as a threat to her birthing. She will not perceive a female as a threat in the room with her, but the males really need to keep out for now.

:o :o :o I am having a hard time trying to imagine what an "Ocherese" would even look like.... How can you create a long haired dog that doesnt shed??? I'm sorry, but I'm not thinking this is such a good idea.....

She's an English Foxhound, just small for her breed. She's actually about the size of an American Foxhound, but that's small for an English. She's about 60 lbs., but I think she's somewhat underweight (although they're supposed to be lean) but I think she's a little TOO lean. I want to about 3-5 lbs. more on her, I think she'll look better. Right now she looks a little gaunt to me.... :D

Thanks - that helps.... It sounds like a recessive gene carried in the merles, that becomes dominant when they're bred together.... My ex has a manx (tailess cat) and while looking up some info for him I found out that you cant breed the tailess ones for more than 5 generations...they should be bred with tailed ones to prevent a recessive gene issue that can kill them by the fifth generation...I didnt even know there were tailed ones!! genetics are so weird sometimes....

well, as bad luck would have it, Laurel tore her hind dew pad...the claws have been gone for a while, but she actually tore the pad itself.... I think it will be ok, I have it bandaged and it's not torn too badly, but talk about dumb luck!! :(

OH HF!!!! hard choice....very hard.... You have to ask yourself a couple of hard questions.... Do YOU now feel safe around her, after she threatened you? Do you still feel you can control her, and make her obey you promptly? Do you feel angry at her behaviour, or afraid of it? Tell your friend the vet the true answers to these questions, tell your husband as well, and then perhaps you can make the wisest decision in this matter. My thoughts are with you. Please know that.

p.s. The doctors are now saying Roy has a 96-98% chance of full recovery!! :D :D :D :D

Dont worry about it Abker - there are a lot of people saying the same thing. They now have some wildlife specialists saying the cat attacked, others saying he was trying to help Roy, and Siegfrried still insists it was an accident....we may never know.... Alot of the wildlife specialists believe it was an attack because cats are wild animals, which could be so....but other people, like me, who have followed S&R for most of their career, believe differently...I see some holes in both theories, so it's hard to tell. I personally dont believe the cat attacked him, but that's JMO....

DAL, forgive me for my ignorance, but I always thought that your dog being deaf was a fluke.... Is this a somewhat common trait for Aussies? :oops:

So I guess that means no one from PETA ever eats cheese, or has pizza, or eats cake, or bread, or creamed soups, or ice cream, or yogurt, or, or, or..... they LIVE on tofu....that's one of the few things that doesnt have milk in it....... rrriiiggghhhttttt........ :evil:

I think the kids hit it STRAIGHT ON... go AWAY PETA, ya bother me...

I know you love her, and dont want to part with her, but if you have faithfully demoted her the best you can (and I mean FAITHFULLY, with demotion problems she shouldnt be on the couch at all) you might have to let her go. Since she WAS on the couch, I would work on demoting her further. NO couches, NO beds, NO doorways..if the other dogs can be up there, because they are not aggressive, so be it. THIS ONE NEEDS TO BE OMEGA...she wil become Omega sooner if you dont give her the same priveledges you give the other, non-aggressive dogs. It sounds harsh, I know, but maybe letting her see the other dogs getting priveledges she CANT, because she's aggressive, will cure her of this tendency. PLEASE dont treat her like she's an equal to the other dogs...she has already proven she will take advantage of it, and NO dog should ever snarl at or snap at their humans....FOR ANY REASON.... THINK PACK RULES...the alpha would NOT allow this, under ANY circumstances...

sorry Shara, but that's the truth.... :oops: They are very intelligent, some of them too much for their own good, which is why you have to stand on them during obedience training...If trained well while puppies, they are better at obedience than if you try to start later in life....training for the hunt is different than basic obedience, but obedience plays a big part in it. And being intelligent, they seem to know when they can thwart the odds....like Freebee...and my ex would not let me take her for obedience training, saying HE could do it.....yea, right.....I realized right off the bat she was a problem child....now not ALL of them are as difficult as she is...it depends on the particular dog, so you may have no obedience problems with Coal. She is very stubborn, very willfull, and smart enough to know when she can get away.... that's why I dont take her to dog parks offleash...that, and she is very dominant. Stubborn little creep.... :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: I love her though....

If his heart is set on it than so be it...but be aware that even if he gets another Brittany, it may not turn out like Millie...I just dont want him to get all heartbroken again..... As far as Abbey....yep, typical Lab....The ones who are successful at Field work have to be stood on and "reminded" repeatedly to obey. They are just big, wandering, "I-Wanna-Run" dogs. The poeple I know who hunt them have told me they have trained hunting dogs their whole lives, but had to have THIS one professionally trained.... Mine's biggest flaw is recall...she will always come when called from in the yard, sure, of course, she CANT get away and she KNOWS it....let her out of the yard, however, and all recall training flies to the wind and she's off like a shot.....and then we have a merry chase around the neighborhood...ironically, I can get her to come back by offering to play ball, her favorite game....I throw, she fetches, until my arm wears out... :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Go for it - we'll help if we can... as far as the lab, they make great hunting dogs generally, but they require ALOT of training in both obedience and hunting skills. They are basically big babies and want to play all the time.....same with Goldens... Spaniels and pointers, for some reason, appear easier to train and they concentrate more on the task at hand, but they still, obviously in the case of the brother in law's dog, require dedicated training. The funny thing is, one of my girls is a Lab/Pointer mix. She both retrieves, and points, without ever having been trained.....she has pointed since puppyhood all on her own, and I think I spent maybe an hour getting her to bring the ball back when she was a puppy after I'd throw it. Maybe he'd be better with a mix? Just a thought

why would they call a Pug an "Ori"? thanks

HE'S ADORABLE!!! I WANT HIM!!! :D :D